The Sage handbook of learning

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Scott, David
• Hargreaves, Eleanore

Publisher

Los Angeles: Sage Publications Ltd, 2015

Language

English

ISBN

9781446287569

Series

Subject(s)

• LEARNING

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 400-403. Index: p. 410-424

Abstract

Learning is a fundamental topic in education. Combining traditional views of learning and learning theory with sociocultural and historical perspectives, this handbook brings together original contributions from respected researchers who are leading figures in the field.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xvi, 424 p.

Dimension

25 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

And introduction and a theory of learning --

Part I. Theories of learning. Learning, complexity and emergent (irreversible) change ; Learning in relation to culture and social interaction ; Learning and philosophy ; A dialogical relationship with cultural-historical activity theory: a realist perspective ; Deleuze and learning ; Sociomateriality and learning: a critical approach ; The concept of learning in a cultural-historical perspective ; The post-human and responsible experimentation in learning ; A phenomenological perspective on learning ; Learning, commognition and mathematics --

Part II. Elements of learning. Knowledge, curriculum and learning: 'what did you learn in school?' ; A social semiotic multimodal approach to learning ; Learners, politics and education ; Learning, governance and the European educational space ; The elements of a learning enviroment --

Part III. Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Formative assessment: a success story? ; Professional development in dialogic teaching: helping teachers promote argument literacy in their classrooms ; interactions between teaching and learning mathematics in elementary classrooms ; Violence in schools: the role of authoritarian learning ; Learning, pedagogy and assessment ; Teaching and learning in a global world ; Learning in a professional learning community: the challenge evolves --

Part IV. The learner. Metacognition and self-regulation in learning ; Pedagogy, fear and learning --
Meta-learning in classrooms --
Transformative learning ; Learning and pedagogic relations ; Affective dimensions of learning ; The impact of gender, race and class on learning dispositions in schools ; Learning and new media ; Harnessing the power of knowledge and beliefs in teaching and learning: interventions that promote change ; An end-piece with some reflections on learning.

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